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Are Turbo Blankets and Ceramic Coating Worth Your Time?
We often get asked about turbo blankets and ceramic coating on our manifolds and turbine housings, so I thought I would take a second to explain what these heat coatings and blankets actually do.First we need to start with the basics properties of gasses and thermal properties. It's common knowledge that things can expand and contract when temperatures change; What's going on in your new turbocharger is no different! On the exhaust side, as the exhaust gas temperature rises, the gasses expand.
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27th Jan 2022
Cummins N14 Turbo Upgrade
The factory HT60 on the Cummins N14 engine has a unique flange pattern and abnormal mounting orientation that makes it very difficult to retrofit a more modern upgraded turbocharger.With this in mind, we set out to create an upgrade that was a direct replacement from an installation stand point. Depending on the original spec and horsepower out put, your N14 could have had a multitude of different chargers from the factory, we have listed them below. As you can see above, our N14 upgraded turbo
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27th Sep 2021
Turbine Housing Explained | Which A/R works best?
A/R stands for Area over Radius. Area is the size of the housing inlet and radius is the the diameter of the housing. Before every keyboard warrior jumps down my throat...this is just a basic explanation for the sake of a general overview -we don't need to get lost in the weeds, we'll leave that for scientist and engineers :)The larger the AR number, the larger the housing is. Larger housings support higher horsepower levels, but take more exhaust gasses to turn the wheel and m
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6th Nov 2020
Cummins ISX VGT Turbo | NEW Aftermarket Direct Replacements
The VGT turbo is nothing new to the Cummins ISX engine, since the introduction of the VGT style turbo on the CM870 ISX in 2003, each new rendition of the ISX has come with a VGT turbo. The latest ISX models, CM2250, CM2350, and X15 have the HE451VE turbo with electronic actuator from the factory. These turbos are great when functioning correctly, but like anything else - they fail over time. VGT turbos can be replaced as a whole assembly, turbo + actuator, or can be replaced ind
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2nd Nov 2020
CAT C15 Acert SDP Ball Bearing Turbo Cartridges
The SDP C15 Acert arguably has the best set of compound turbos ever put on a Caterpillar from the factory, the Garrett GTA5518BR and GTA4294BRS. What makes these turbos so great? BALL BEARINGS :) The compound ball bearing turbos on SDP engine serial prefix engines is easily identifiable by the fins on the cartridge (used for cooling). The SDP and LEE (C13) had the most advanced turbochargers to date, and were the end of the line for Caterpillar's on-road applications.If y
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6th May 2020